The Mass. Horticultural Society, having already canceled its flower show, is now selling its rare books.
Horticultural Society peddles its petals
Cash-strapped organization to auction rare-book collection
The Mass. Horticultural Society, having already canceled its flower show, is now selling its rare books.
The hand-colored lithographs and engravings - daintily drawn images of roses, peaches, and other assorted fruits and flowers - have long been among the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's most prized possessions. (Full article: 677 words)
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